Elements of Art Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. What we see when light reflects off an object (like red, blue, or yellow).
  2. 6. The area around, between, or inside objects in artwork.
  3. 9. The part of an image that is closest to you.
  4. 10. Colors made by mixing two primary colors (green, orange, purple).
  5. 11. Colors that are not bright or bold (like black, white, gray, and brown).
  6. 13. Shapes that are regular and precise, like squares, circles, and triangles.
  7. 17. The area where the main subject of the artwork is.
  8. 20. The middle area between the foreground and background.
  9. 21. How something feels or looks like it would feel (smooth, rough, bumpy).
Down
  1. 1. The darkest parts where light is blocked.
  2. 2. The part of an image that is farthest away.
  3. 4. A mark that connects two points; it can be straight, curved, thick, or thin.
  4. 5. How light or dark a color is.
  5. 7. A middle value that is not too light or too dark.
  6. 8. Basic colors that can’t be made by mixing others (red, blue, yellow).
  7. 10. A flat (2D) area with a boundary (like a circle or square).
  8. 12. The lightest parts of an artwork where light hits the most.
  9. 14. Colors made by mixing a primary color with a nearby secondary color (like red-orange).
  10. 15. Colors that sit next to each other on the color wheel (like blue, blue-green, green).
  11. 16. The empty space around the subject.
  12. 18. Shapes that are irregular and natural, like leaves or clouds.
  13. 19. A 3D (three-dimensional) shape that has height, width, and depth (like a cube or sphere).